1885. 79 



February 27th. — 



The Master giving us a by-day this week, 

 we gladly came out and met him at Stalbridge. 

 Some of the field, however, overcome by the 

 attractions of novelty, went to Mr. Portman's 

 meet at Manston, and were rewarded, I believe, 

 by a very good run. We soon moved on, and 

 drew a new cover, viz., a small cow-byre in a 

 field close to Landshire Lane. Reynard was at 

 home, but, not liking his visitors, he bolted 

 without ceremony, making for Stalbridge 

 Station ; thence he ran back and below the 

 School, near which he crossed the railway and 

 went to ground in a fence. Being ejected, he 

 went on over the flat at a great pace past 

 Belbin's Farm, up to Bellman's Cross, whence 

 he turned left, and hounds ran into him in 

 the open before he reached the railway, and so 

 ended his hurried career with twenty minutes 

 in the open. We found another in Stalbridge 

 Park, which gave us but a short turn ; and 

 then having drawn Pile Lane, Newlease, Doles, 

 and Frith all blank, we found one in Caundle 

 Brake, and ran him with an extremely bad 



